Photo credit: John Seyfried
Highlights this academic year include contemporary art from China and the United States (fall), and exhibitions drawn from the Allen’s renowned permanent collection.
Museum Hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
Free Admission
Visit the museum at oberlin.edu/amam
See all upcoming exhibitions at oberlin.edu/amam/exhibitions.html
Exhibitions
July 14, 2018 to December 16, 2018
Barbara Bloom: THE RENDERING (H x W x D =)
At the invitation of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, New York-based artist Barbara Bloom has created a work specifically for the Ellen Johnson Gallery, on view July 14 through December 16.
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July 14, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Juan Araujo: Redwood
Venezuela-born artist Juan Araujo has created a site-specific installation for the Weltzheimer/Johnson House that incorporates its history and highlights features of its impeccably balanced mid-century design. The exhibit Redwood is on view through September 30 at the Weltzheimer/Johnson House.
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July 14, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Cui Jie
Urban architectural form is the focus of Shanghai-based artist Cui Je, who will present her first solo exhibition in the United States. This collection features paintings, drawings, and 3D printed sculptures on view from July 14 to September 30, in the Baron Gallery.
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July 28, 2018 to December 23, 2018
Worlds Apart: Nature and Humanity under Deconstruction
Works by three contemporary artists—Yang Yongliang, Sandra Eula Lee, and Yun-Fei Ji—express visions of the fractured relationship between humanity and nature arising in the wake of rapid economic development in East Asia.
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July 11, 2018 to December 23, 2018
Barbara Bloom in Context: Works from the Pictures Generation
This exhibition of 30 works from the Pictures Generation artists complements and complicates Barbara Bloom’s installation, opening up avenues toward understanding of what THE RENDERING—of images, objects, and architectural space—might mean.
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July 11, 2018 to December 23, 2018
Radically Ordinary: Scenes from Black Life in America Since 1968
This exhibition, featuring 80 works of art by noted African American painters, photographers, videographers and more, explores the representation of black life since the most turbulent year in our country’s modern history.
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July 11, 2018 to December 23, 2018
Japan 1908: Photographs by Arnold Genthe
Photographer Arnold Genthe (1869–1942) spent six months in Japan, taking pictures of its people and landscapes. This exhibition presents a selection of photographs from that visit—idyllic natural vistas, bustling street scenes, and more.
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July 24, 2018 to December 23, 2018
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A Different Kind of Picture: Pinhole Photography by Adam Fuss
Photographer Adam Fuss presents his pinhole photographs of classical sculptures taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and elsewhere to show new ways to capture and photograph these ancient subjects.
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May 19, 2018 to December 23, 2018
Recent Acquisition: Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Flight into Egypt
The Allen Memorial Art Museum acquired the first painting by African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner in its collection in 2017. Flight Into Egypt depicts the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt following King Herod’s decree that all the young boys in Bethlehem should be killed.
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Regular Events
The museum organizes a variety of public programs in connection with exhibitions and for Oberlin College and the local community. These events are always free and open to the public.
- AMAM in the AM
- Community Day
- First Thursdays
- Sunday Object Talks
- Symposium
- The Weltzheimer/Johnson House
- Tuesday Teas